Cycloramphidae

Cycloramphidae
Cycloramphus eleutherodactylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Superfamily: Hyloidea
Family: Cycloramphidae
Bonaparte, 1850
Genera

Three, see text.

The Cycloramphidae are a family of frogs. They are endemic to southeastern Brazil.[1]

This family has seen large changes in its composition.[1][2] Genera that have at some point been included in Cycloramphidae are at present placed in Alsodidae, Hylodidae, Leptodactylidae, and Rhinodermatidae. Of these, Alsodidae and/or Hylodidae have also been considered as subfamilies of Cycloramphidae (as, respectively, Alsodinae and Hylodinae); Cycloramphidae, as recognized at present, would be similar to subfamily Cycloramphinae under such system.[1]

Genera

There are three genera:[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Cycloramphidae Bonaparte, 1850". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  2. Blackburn, D.C.; Wake, D.B. (2011). "Class Amphibia Gray, 1825. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness" (PDF). Zootaxa 3148: 39–55.
  3. "Cycloramphidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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